Re: Sid on PowerPC has broken xserver-xorg-core

On Monday 18 January 2010 07:11:36 Rick Thomas wrote: > Does anybody know what's causing this? > > Is there anything I can do? It's been a couple of weeks like this. > > I understand "Normal Sid churn": Something like this happened on i386 > a while ago and it took over a month to resolve there

Sid on PowerPC has broken xserver-xorg-core

Does anybody know what's causing this? Is there anything I can do? It's been a couple of weeks like this. I understand "Normal Sid churn": Something like this happened on i386 a while ago and it took over a month to resolve there (I don't know what happened, but one day it just went away.

Re: Never Ending Quest for Working PCMCIA Serial Port Dell Enspiron

Dale writes: > You could have a look at doing it with udev This does seem like what I need but I haven't gotten it to make one bit of difference yet. With the PCMCIA card out, no /dev/ttyS0 or /dev/ttyS1 devices are present. That modem which I believe to be a Winmodem, is probably /dev/tty

Re: Out of the box USB wireless adapter

ZephyrQ wrote: > So, what USB wireless adapters will work out of the box, or is there a > website that will list them? Friend just purchased the Alfa AWUS036H the other day and I did see him open the box. Worked find with the latest Kernel those guys are providing. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email t

Re: Out of the box USB wireless adapter

>On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 6:27 PM, ZephyrQ wrote: [snip] >So, what USB wireless adapters will work out of the box, or is there a >website that will list them? [snip] This link was provided by Celejar from this list about 6 months ago when I asked a similar question - just select the USB interfa

Out of the box USB wireless adapter

I'm helping another family (not tech savvy) that is trying to use a debian flavored OS and they have 2 computers...one is running XP and has the wireless modem (a 2Wire) but the other computer is running linux and we need a USB wireless adapter that works out of the box. They have bought 3 so far

Re: Upgrade wants too many packages (X and apache).

> On 2010-01-17 at 17:27:52 -0500, Nuno Magalhães wrote: > > My latest apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade wants to install > > [...] *all* the xserver-xorg-video-* packages, you should probably be using aptitude, but regardless, you have installed, at some point, xserver-xorg-video-all, which d

Re: Upgrade wants too many packages (X and apache).

On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 01:34, Stephen Powell wrote: > > You haven't said whether you are running Lenny, Squeeze, or Sid, Oh... Sid actually. > apt-get --no-install-recommends dist-upgrade Nope, same result... thanks though. -- () ascii-rubanda kampajno - kontraŭ html-a retpoŝto /\ ascii ri

Re: Upgrade wants too many packages (X and apache).

On 2010-01-17 at 17:27:52 -0500, Nuno Magalhães wrote: > My latest apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade wants to install too > much cruft for me, namely apache2-mpm-prefork and *all* the > xserver-xorg-video-* packages, along with some others. Usually it just > wants to install one or two, keep a f

Re: graphviz hidden

The executables are dot, dotty, neato, etc. See 'man graphviz' also the docs at the graphviz web site. Mark --Original Message-- From: roberto To: Debian Users Subject: graphviz hidden Sent: Jan 17, 2010 12:38 PM hello, i have installed graphviz via aptitude on my debian 5.0 and it appear

Re: what laptop to buy

>On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Daniel Dalton wrote: [snip] >So basically it must have: >- Good debian support including wiffi >- core 2 duro 1.6 ghz or more >- Good battery life 5 hours or more. > >I've been looking mainly at lenovo, hp, del, acer and maybe tosheba. >Any suggested models would

Upgrade wants too many packages (X and apache).

Greetings, My latest apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade wants to install too much cruft for me, namely apache2-mpm-prefork and *all* the xserver-xorg-video-* packages, along with some others. Usually it just wants to install one or two, keep a few and upgrade a bunch. I don't know why would any

Re: Debian on Acer netbook

On Sunday 17 January 2010 12:00:13 Rodolfo Medina wrote: > On Friday 15 January 2010 23:04:14 Rodolfo Medina wrote: > >> Does anybody know if Debian works fine on the netbook Acer Aspire ONE > >> 531H 10"? And if its 6 cells battery, that sould last at least 5 hours, > >> does not last less under D

Unibrain Fire-i camera with Coriander

In Lenny, Coriander was able to use the Unibrain Fire-i camera. Now in Squeeze Coriander complains, "Warning: could not find a Digital Camera on the bus. ..." I'll guess that this involves the evolution of udev and will be sorted out eventually. Does any have a simple solution for the inte

Re: problem whit optic fibre adapter (emulex LP952)

Marco Vaschetto put forth on 1/16/2010 6:38 PM: > Jan 14 14:10:28 ssdsmb1tls kernel: lpfc :03:01.0: 0:0442 Adapter > failed to init, mbxCmd x88 CONFIG_PORT, mbxStatus x12 Data: x0 > Jan 14 14:10:28 ssdsmb1tls kernel: lpfc :03:01.0: 0:0442 Adapter > failed to init, mbxCmd x88 CONFIG_PORT, m

alsamixergui with multiple sound devices.

Sometimes the multiple sound devices in a system are recognized by alsa. alsamixergui.man notes "OPTIONS ... -c ". If I right-click on LXDEmenu:Sound & Video:Alsamixergui and left-click on Properties, an Application Shortcut dialogue opens. There "-c 1" can be added to the command. This wo

Re: graphviz hidden

On Sun, 2010-01-17 at 20:38 +0100, roberto wrote: > hello, > i have installed graphviz via aptitude on my debian 5.0 and it appears to be > in: > $ whereis graphviz > graphviz: /usr/lib/graphviz /usr/share/graphviz > /usr/share/man/man7/graphviz.7.gz > > but where is the executable ? Typing 'man

Re: graphviz hidden

On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:38:19 +0100 roberto wrote: Hello roberto, > but where is the executable ? There isn't one, but many; /usr/bin/tred /usr/bin/gxl2dot /usr/bin/dot /usr/bin/gc /usr/bin/lneato /usr/bin/dotty /usr/bin/prune /usr/bin/lefty /usr/bin/bcomps /usr/bin/gvpr /usr/bin/nop /usr/bin/c

Re: graphviz hidden

On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:38:19 +0100, roberto wrote: > hello, > i have installed graphviz via aptitude on my debian 5.0 and it appears > to be in: $ whereis graphviz > graphviz: /usr/lib/graphviz /usr/share/graphviz > /usr/share/man/man7/graphviz.7.gz > > but where is the executable ? It seems the

graphviz hidden

hello, i have installed graphviz via aptitude on my debian 5.0 and it appears to be in: $ whereis graphviz graphviz: /usr/lib/graphviz /usr/share/graphviz /usr/share/man/man7/graphviz.7.gz but where is the executable ? thank you in advance -- roberto -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-r

Re: Any Linux CAD tools?

> > Hi All, > > I am looking for a CAD tool to draw among other things contours. I > have tried to use the spline feature of QCAD. The issue is that I > don't seem to find any way of joining two splines together or > extending an open spline. > > I have also looked at PythonCAD but it does not see

Re: Any Linux CAD tools?

On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 16:47:53 +0200, Ogya Chief wrote: > I am looking for a CAD tool to draw among other things contours. I have > tried to use the spline feature of QCAD. The issue is that I don't seem > to find any way of joining two splines together or extending an open > spline. > > I have als

Re: Any Linux CAD tools?

On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 04:47:53PM +0200, Ogya Chief wrote: > I am looking for a CAD tool... > What other options are available on the Linux platform? http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch11.en.html#_graphic_data_tools -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian

RE: Any Linux CAD tools?

> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:20:34 +0900 > From: os...@debian.org > To: ogyach...@hotmail.com > CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Any Linux CAD tools? > > On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 04:47:53PM +0200, Ogya Chief wrote: > > I am looking for a CAD tool... > > What other options are avail

Any Linux CAD tools?

Hi All, I am looking for a CAD tool to draw among other things contours. I have tried to use the spline feature of QCAD. The issue is that I don't seem to find any way of joining two splines together or extending an open spline. I have also looked at PythonCAD but it does not seem to have any

Re: exim4-SASL auth

On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 08:44:30 -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote: > where is the config file that tells it where saslauthd is? "/etc/default/sasluthd" OPTIONS value? Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? C

Re: exim4-SASL auth

On Sun January 17 2010, Paul Cartwright wrote: > What does /var/log/exim4/mainlog say when you try to authenticate? when I do a ps saslauthd I see this: ps -ef|grep sasl root      8458     1  0 08:12 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/saslauthd -a pam -c -m /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd -r -n 5 r

Simple-CDD

Hello, i'm trying to use simple-cdd the first time. So far it's working, but i don't know how to include the custom files In the wiki is written: To copy an arbitrary file into the /simple-cdd directory on the CD, add the following to your .conf file:

Re: Never Ending Quest for Working PCMCIA Serial Port Dell Enspiron

2010/1/17 Martin McCormick : >        The laptop in question has a built-in dialup modem which > doesn't even show up as a serial port in Linux. In the P.C.'s > setup screen, it doesn't show up there so I can't remove or move > it out of the way, but a PCMCIA card installed containing a real > trul

Re: exim4-SASL auth

On Sun January 17 2010, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > > what am I missing? > > I uncommented the lines in /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template > >     > > What does /var/log/exim4/mainlog say when you try to authenticate? I also don't seem to have an /etc/saslauthd.conf file.. I found mux here: /var/sp

Re: exim4-SASL auth

On Sun January 17 2010, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > > the earlier test for TLS worked: > > $ swaks -a -tls -q HELO -s localhost -au jasonb -ap '<>' > > > > what am I missing? > > I uncommented the lines in /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template > >     > > What does /var/log/exim4/mainlog say when you tr

Re: exim4-SASL auth

On 01/17/2010 09:58 AM, Paul Cartwright wrote: I am trying to follow this example: http://wiki.edseek.com/howto:exim4_courier and I get down to the part where you test saslauthd: Let's test our new server configuration again with swaks, actually performing authentication by specifying a valid us

exim4-SASL auth

I am trying to follow this example: http://wiki.edseek.com/howto:exim4_courier and I get down to the part where you test saslauthd: Let's test our new server configuration again with swaks, actually performing authentication by specifying a valid username and password before closing the connecti

Re: inserting USB key causes reboot (sometimes)

Hi, On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 01:45, Rob Owens wrote: > I need help diagnosing a problem.  I have a Lenny system that sometimes > reboots when I insert a USB key.  It happens with multiple USB keys, but > I can't figure out the pattern as to when it reboots and when it > doesn't. I had the same si

Re: Debian on Acer netbook

On Friday 15 January 2010 23:04:14 Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> Does anybody know if Debian works fine on the netbook Acer Aspire ONE 531H >> 10"? And if its 6 cells battery, that sould last at least 5 hours, does not >> last less under Debian? Lisi writes: > I have Lenny installed on mine. Every

Re: lxde/setting environment variables

On 2010-01-16, Daniel Dalton wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 12:48:49AM +, Liam O'Toole wrote: >> > I've just installed lxde and like the concept of it. I must set an >> > environment variable so I can run orca under the desktop. What file >> > should I place an export command in to export

How to use ldconfig -l?

Hi, Has anyone used ldconfig -l to manually link individual libraries? I tried a command like "ldconfig -l /opt/glib/lib/libglib-2.0.so, but it did not work. Thank you. Kind Regards, Jupiter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tr